When Lee Radzak started to write a book about the job he held for 36 years, his wife, Jane, wasn’t sure how important or necessary their family’s experiences were to the narrative. “To me, we just ...
Sally Snowman, America's last lighthouse keeper, sits on rocks in front of Boston Light. Boston Light, the last manned light house in the United States, is losing its keeper on New Year's Eve. Sally ...
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. (WAVY) — Willis Augustus Hodges isn’t a name found in most history books, but local historians argue it should be. If you visit the Cape Henry Lighthouse, you’ll see his photo in ...
Mary Korpi had no idea when she answered an ad for docents at the Horton Point Lighthouse Museum in Southold that it would result in her writing a novel about the landmark’s only female lighthouse ...
It's the end of an era for U.S. Coast Guard lighthouses and their keepers. The last remaining official lighthouse caretaker retires this week from Boston Light. That is the first lighthouse built in ...
Door County's second-oldest lighthouse is featured in a new book that looks at stories and legends of tragic deaths that happened to light keepers on the Great Lakes. "Death & Lighthouses on the Great ...
This summer, you may have been drawn to the shore, lakeside or oceanside, and pulled in to explore the majesty of a lighthouse. Villanova University communications professor Shauna MacDonald loves ...